Communication Specialist
- Company
Educate Girls
- Location
Bihar, Jharkhand
- Employment Type
Full-Time
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Functional Category
Communications & Marketing
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Experience
0 - 0 years
- Salary
- 700000
- Application Deadline
03-May-2025
About Educate Girls
Established in 2007, Educate Girls' is a non-profit that focusses on mobilising communities for girls' education in India's rural and educationally backward areas. Strongly aligned with the 'Right to Education Act' or the 'Samagra Siksha', Educate Girls is committed to the Government's vision to improve access to primary education for children, especially young girls. Educate Girls currently operates successfully in over 21,000 villages in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. By leveraging the Government's existing investment in schools and by engaging with a huge base of community volunteers, Educate Girls helps to identify, enrol and retain out-of-school girls and to improve foundational skills in literacy and numeracy for all children (both girls and boys). This helps deliver measurable results to a large number of beneficiaries and avoids duplication or parallel delivery of services.
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Overview of the Role
We are looking for a Project Manager (Communication Specialist) to promote organization best practices, developing information, education & communication (I.E.C.) campaigns, drive communication objectives & events related to Project. To work for Knowledge documentation and dissemination; and strategic communications management.
Job Description
"Program Execution:
1) Document (video documentaries, case studies, and print material) best practices for international and national dissemination.
2) Design campaigns, such as,' career and livelihood guidance' campaign for the government with in available schemes to enhance enrolments for open school
3) Organize key events related to the project such as conferences and seminars, round table discussions, knowledge exchange forums, special training programs, field visits/missions by senior government officials and/or Educate Girl’s officials, etc.; prepare all documentation required for such events; and provide event management and logistics support.
4) Support in organizing annual workshops for the different project at state to share best practices, innovations, and prospective plans.
5) Support in preparing communication and outreach plans, press briefs, and social media posts for project activities and results. Government Linkage
1) Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with government agencies at the state level.
2) Represent the organization in different government meetings, workshops and initiatives.
3) Work closely with the government officials to align program objectives with the state educational policies and priorities.
Stakeholder Engagement
1) Collaborate with educational institutions and local organizations to strengthen program outreach.
2) Build partnerships and alliances to enhance the career awareness program’s impact and sustainability.
Monitoring and Reporting:
1) Establish robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track program progress and identify areas for improvement.
2) Prepare comprehensive reports for internal and external stakeholders, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommendations.
Social Media Management
1) Develop and execute media strategies to enhance the government’s online presence.
2) Create and curate content for various social media platforms.
3) Monitor and analyse social media metrics to measure the effectiveness of campaigns being executed by Department.
4) Design and run campaigns for various departmental needs – promotions, etc."
Required & Preferred Qualifications
Skill
"1) Experience in content creation and management of external communication, as well as developing Information, Education & Communication (I.E.C.) campaigns for initiatives will be valued (preferably social sector)
2) Experience working on projects involving the design and implementation of communications strategies, including the use of social media at various levels.
3) Significant experience in making policy recommendations and driving policy reforms.
4) Experience organizing knowledge-sharing sessions and documenting knowledge for wider sharing
5) Experience visualizing data/outcome dashboards to support project monitoring and data- section
6) Strong communication and interpersonal skills
7) Presentation skills, Case studies
8) Report and Writing Skills
9) Ability to write and present clearly and persuasively in Hindi and English.
10) Understanding of computer, internet and social media is imperative."
Education
Post-Graduate or equivalent in management, marketing, media and communication or related discipline
Experience
Minimum of five years' work experience in PR/communication/media management etc.